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Agnese Budovska
Dzidra Uztupe-Karamiševa
Evelīna Otto
Skaidrīte Smildziņa

Artūrs Skrastiņš
Pauls Strazds

Jēkabs Reinis
Aleksandrs Karamiševs

Artur Smolyaninov

Rēzija Kalniņa
Lidija Uztupe

Gatis Gāga
Oļģerts Altbergs

Marta Jančevska
Helēna Bitnere-Hehta

Ivars Auzins
Aleksandrs Zālītis

Raimonds Celms
Ēriks Uztups
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About Escape Net
Escape Net is a drama, history film released in 2025. Directed by Dzintars Dreibergs, it stars Agnese Budovska, Evelīna Otto, Artūrs Skrastiņš. A young woman in Stalin-era Riga joins a basketball team, hoping that she will be allowed to travel abroad and see her brother who's living in exile.
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